He was born on November 19, 1963, in the picturesque sub-Balkan town of Varshets, nestled at the foot of the Balkan Mountains. He has been painting since childhood.

He has participated in many joint exhibitions in Bulgaria across various cities such as Varshets, Montana, Vidin, Lom, Kozloduy, Sofia, Varna, Plovdiv, Veliko Tarnovo, among others.

His paintings are owned by many museums and galleries in Bulgaria and Europe, as well as by numerous private collectors and companies in Bulgaria and around the world; he has artwork in countries such as England, Germany, France, Yugoslavia, Greece, Norway, Japan, and others.

He is the recipient of a silver medal, diplomas, and awards from various exhibitions.

He painted all the icons in the "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" Monastery in the village of Spanchevtzi, as well as a reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper," both of which are owned by the monastery.

He is a member of the "Tenets" Society of Bulgarian Artists for the Montana region.

Since late 2007, he lived, created, and worked on the island of Corsica, France, where he participated in over 16 exhibitions. In Paris in 2013, he won a Gold Medal for his exhibition at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute, awarded by the Bulgarian Minister Marin Raykov.

Since 2019, he returned to Bulgaria and, over a period of almost a year, held over 3 solo exhibitions and 12 joint exhibitions in various Bulgarian cities. He continues to work in Bulgaria in one of its most beautiful regions—the Northwestern area, around Varshets and the foot of the Balkan Mountains—an extraordinarily beautiful yet economically depressed region, artificially sustained by the government during this period of development.

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And artistic pseudonym: Georgi Paunov – Paunets Jr.